And then R2? Server R2 is radically different from Server There are MANY kernel changes, especially in the area of power management core parking for one and the ability to handle with the appropriate version Processor Cores. R2 provides a way of saying "Your CALs are still good".
FYI, I saw a presentation on Server by a Microsoft Rep who challenged the thought that Windows 7 was Vista R2 and upon hitting him with the logic based on kernel similarities, he explained why R2 exists. Because it is not a NEW version, it is really a tidying up of the old version.
Basically think of it as too many underlying changes for a service pack but too few obvious features to be a whole new product. On the server side, whatever Microsoft do someone will complain. I suppose it does make it clearer to people that their CALs are still good, but hopefully people making major decisions on network operating systems are going a bit further than the name of new products when making their decisions.
At the end of the day a rose by any other name I think it's a commercial move. Windows Server R2 looks old if Microsoft releases a new version in the future. Let's say they'll release a Windows , then Windows R2 looks like 6 years old which isn't. It's not a psychological thing at all. It's called R2 because it's a different kernel version and build from Server uses the 6. See the chart on wikipedia.
R2 is a better way of describing it because the services packs don't change the kernel to my knowledge but R2 isn't exactly that much newer as a completely new version. The difference between Windows Server and are huge , but changing the kernel won't typically be obvious to users as it's an internal change within the OS. There's seldom real new tools, interfaces or features with an "Rn" label. It's just an upgraded core where as newer versions have newer core with additional feature and tools.
So IIS 7. Do you think that those additions worth the title Windows Server ? A: This means that while the operating system maintains the same codebase, it includes a lot of new features and functionality not present with the original release. Could be for early adopters in MS technology.
Many upgraded to right away, and needed functions of the R2 release when it was released. But did not want to change OS completely, hence the R2. Also there is the common belief that you don't upgrade your MS OS till there is one published service pack, this helps the public see MS is actively working on providing features in an OS that were not there before ie listening to customer-base.
I figure that calling it "R2" means that there are more changes than a service pack, but not enough noticeable new features that MS marketing thinks they can convince people to spend for a new version.
But that is just my guess. Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. Why is it called Windows Server R2?
Why not simply call it Windows Server ? Buy if you hold out a couple of months and get SQL Server as soon as it is released you get 60 months of mainstream support. But instead of providing these fixes and missing components as part of your initial purchase, they require you to pay for a whole new version just to gain limited additional features or obtain a version with stability in certain flaky subcomponents.
For example Want it fixed? Have to pony up more money to get R2 where the problems are fixed ok, maybe not "fixed" Business cases can rarely be made for the R2 releases. I predict people will start getting wise to Microsoft by waiting to implement a new server OS until after the R2 release fixes come out. I didn't found the exact meaning of 'R2' in Ur valuable article.
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